Cuff link



@d. 21 H924; E5123 J. F. CONNOR CUFF LINK Filed Jan. 24 1924 INVENTOR. J/Wfiaagwwr Y ,7" v MI r v A RNEY: I

Patented Get, 21, 192 1,

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JAMES F. CONNOR, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSTGNOR- OF ONE-HALF T0 FRED S. HOFFIMAN, OF YOUNGSTOVJN, OHIO.

CUFF LINK.

Application filed January 24, 1924:. Serial No. 688,268.

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Be itknown that I. JAMES F. loNNoR, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usetul Improvements in Cuff L1nks,of

which the following is a specification referw ence being had to the accompanying draw ings.

This invention relates to an improved cufl link of the type in which a pair of studs are provided, one for fitting into each of the buttonholes of a cufi', and one object of the invention is to provide improved means for connecting the studs or links so that these studs may be yieldably held in close engagement with each other but moved apart so that in washing the hands or doing any other work which requires the cults and shirt sleeves to be drawn upwardly upon the arms, the studs may be moved apart and permit the cult to be easily moved upwardly upon the arm and then returned toward each other when the cuff is again moved downwardly to the normal position.

Another object of the invention is to so connect the links that when the cuff is drawn upwardly upon the arm, the studs may be still drawn toward each other so hat the cuff will be drawn about the upper portion of the arm and frictionally held against sliding downwardly.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the studs that the cord or other flexible element which connects the studs may be wound upon a drum positioned in a the head of one of the studs and yieldably held against rotation when unwinding the cord during movement of the studs away 'l'ioi'n each other.

'Mi iith er object of the invention is to so coi'istruct the drum and head portion of the studin which the drum is mounted that the drum may freely rotate within the limits permitted bythe spring and the cord be guided in itsinovement into and out of this stud and prevented from being liable to be caught and held against sliding moveme'nt.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherei Figure l is a viewshowing the lll'lplOXflfl.

cull button in side elevation;

Figure, 2 is an enlarged sectional through'the'cuft button;

Figure 3'is a transverse sectional view takenalong the line3-3 of FigureZ;

Figure l is a top plan view of the drum mounted in the outer head of one of the view links a pair of studs lsandt2which are to 'bepositioned in the buttonholes of the cufi,-

with the neck portions 3 extending through the buttonholes, the heads 4 positioned against the outer faces of the cuff, and the smaller heads 5 positioned against the inner faces of the end portions of the cuff and in contact with each other when the cuff is in the normal position about the wrist of the wearer. ways resemble cuff buttons which are now in use, but instead of beingv releasably attached at their'inner endsiby snap fasten- These studs in. some ers and being entirely separable, they have been provided with an improved means for connecting them but'pcrmitting them to be moved away from each other.

The stud or link 1 will now be described, asthis is thejstud which carries the drum andcord which connects the stud 2 with the studl. This stud 1 has its head 41 m vided with a cup-shaped body portion (5 which is carried bythe neck 3 and is provided with an annular wall 'Tabout which fits the annular wall or flange 8 of the cap v 9. The cup 6, together with the neck 3 and smaller inner head, 5, may be formed of a strong but relatively cheap material v and the cap may be formed of gold or other valuable'metal and may be 'ornameutec in any -manner desired. It will thus be seen.

that the cuff buttons may be made to sell at ditferentprices inaccordance with the opening 1-7.

thrust into this neck, the lug l8 WlllOheX- value of the cap, but that in all cases the cup 6, neck 3, and inner head 5 will preferably be formed of the same kind of material. This cup 6 is provided with an upstanding rib 10 which extends for substantially the entire circumference of the cup but has its ends terminating in spaced rela tion to provide a space 11 through which the cord to be hereinafter more specifically mentioned may pass. out to provide upper and lower tongues bent inwardly and toward each other and preferably curved transversely, thereby prov ding a guide 12 which is positioned at a point opposite the space 11 between the ends of the rib 10. This guide serves to direct' the cord from the drum carrying it toward the bottom of the cup so that it :may be led through the space between the ends of the rib.

The drum 1-3 which carries this cord is positioned-in the cup- 6 upon a spindle 14 which fits into the neck 3, and this drum rests upon the rib 10 so that it will be supported properly and caused to turn easily when the cord 15 is being unwound from the drum or wound upon the drum. The spindle 14 which rotatably mounts the drum fitsinto the hollow neck 3 of the studand is provided with a groove 16 leading from its inner end and communicating with an Therefore, when the stud is tends inwardly from the outer end of the neck 3 may pass through the groove 16 and into the opening 17. This lug and groove will, therefore, serve to insure proper positioning of the spindle 14 in the neck and will also serve to prevent the spindle from rotating in the neck. A tongue 19 has been cut longitudinally from the body portion of this spindle and is bent inwardly and curved transversely to provide a guide along which the cord 15 passes. It will thus be seen that this cord, after being wound upon I the drum, may be engaged with the guide 12 and then directed toward the spindle beneath the drum and through the space 11' between the ends of the rib 10 and passed through the opening 20 formedin the spindle when cutting the tongue 19 and then projected through the neck '3' in. engagement with the guide 19 and .out of the stud through an opening '21 formedin the head 5 of this stud: The projected end portion ofthe cordwill then be passed through a corresponding opening 22 formed in the head5 of the stud 2 and knotted, as shown at 23, so that this knotted end cannot pass outwa-rdlythrough the opening 22. This knot will, of course, be formed before the cap 24: is placed upon the body portion of the outer head 1 of this stud 2.

The wall 7 has been has been provided a coiled spring 25 which is positioned within the drum about the spindle. The inner end of this spring 25 fits into a slot 26 formed in the opposite end portion of the spindle from the groove 16 and will be prevented from passing out of this slot when tension is applied to the spring. The outer end of the spring is provided with a loo-p 27 which fits upon a prong 28 cut from the bottom of the drum 13 and bent to extend at right angles thereto. This prong is provided with a hook 29 at its free end-so that while the loop 27 may be easily placed about this prong, it cannot readily slip off of the prong;

After the spindle ll has been put in place, the cord will .be threaded through the openings formed by the guide 12 and then led along the bottom of the cup and passed through the opening 20. The cord will then be passed through the neck and opening 21 in the head 5 and through the opening 22 in the head 5 of the second stud or link and formed into a knot. The drum having the cord attached to it will then be put in place upon the spindle within the cup and will be put in place with its inner end secured in the slot 26 formed in the spindle and its outer end will be connected with the prong 28 The cap9 canthen be putin place about the annular wallof the cup -6 and the cap 2 1 put in place about the cup of the other stud. The cuft' button is then ready for use. p

When this cuff button is in use, the heads 4- will be passed through the butto-nholes and the inner heads ,5' will be'in engagement with each other between the end portions of the cuff. Under normal conditions, the studs or links will remain in contacting engagement witheach other. When, however,

will, of course, be unwound from 'thedrum and as the drum rotates during unwinding of the cord, the spring will be wound about 1 the spindle and thus placed under tension so that it causes a pull upon the cord which 4 will serve to holdthis cord tight and there by draw the end portions of the cuff toward each other and hold the cuff in close engagement about the upper portion of the arm.

Therefore, the cuff will be held infric'tional engagement with the arm and will not be liable to slip downwardly. W'Vhen the cuff again returned to the normal position about the wrist, the downward movement 'of'lthe in close engagement with each other but,

will be permitted to move apart an amount controlled by the length of the cord and the extent to which the spring may be wound.

It will be further noted that the cord is so guided that it cannot become caught and prevented from properly passing out of or' into the link 1. It will be also noted that the spindle is so mounted that it will be prevented from being rotated in the neck 3, and further that it can only he put in place in such a position that the opening 20 and guide 19 will be properly positioned to receive and engage the cord 15.

I claim r 1. A cuff button comprising separate links, a drum rotatable in one link about the longitudinal axis thereof and spring heldagainst rotation in one'direction, and a cord wound upon said drum and carried out of the link and connected with the other link to normally hold the links in contacting engagement with each other.

2. A cufi' button comprising separate links, each having a hollow head, a flexible connection between said links to limit movement of the links away from each other, and spring actuated means for normally drawing said flexible means into the head of one of the links and retaining the links normally in contactingengagement with each other.

3. A cuff button comprising separate links, each having inner and outer heads and a neck connecting the heads, a drum rotatably mounted in the outer head of one of said links for rotation about the axis thereof, a cord wound upon said drum and projected through the neck and inner head of the link and connected with the inner head of the other link, and spring means yieldably holding said drum against rotation in one direction to normally hold the cord wound upon the drum with the inner heads of the links in contacting engagement with each other.

4. A cuff button comprising separate links, each having inner and outer heads and a neck connecting said heads, a hollow spindle fitting into the neck of one link and extending into the outer head thereof, a drum rotatably fitting upon said spindle within the outer head of the link, a cord Wound upon said drum, said spindle having a sidejo pening between the drum and neck,

a guide carried by the wall of the outer head, the cord being engaged with said guide and directed through the opening of said spindle and through the neck and inner head of fthe link and connected with the inner headof the other link, and a spring 1 positionedin said drum about the spindle and having its inner end connected with said spindle and its outer end connected with said drum to yieldably hold the drum against rotation in a direction for unwinding of the cord.

5. In acufi' button comprising separate links, one having an inner head, an outer head, and a neck connecting the heads, a cap for the outer head, a spindle fitting into said neck and extending into the outer head and having a tongue out therefrom and bent inwardly to provide a guide within the portion of the spindle fitting in the neck, the wall of the outer head having tongues cut therefrom and bent inwardly to provide cord-receiving openings and cord guiding means between the openings, a drum supporting rib extending from the bottom of the outer head into the same and positioned about saidspindle with its ends terminating in spaced relation to provide a. cord passage between the cord guide of the outer head and the cord receiving opening and guide of the spindle, means for holding the spindle against rotation in the neck, a drum fitting upon the spindle in the outer head and resting against said rib, a cord Wound upon the drum and passed about the cord guide carried by the outer head and extending through the spacebetween the ends of the rib and through the opening in the spindle and then engaged with the guide within the spindle and passed through the spindle and neck and inner head of the link and connected with the inner end of the second link, and a coiled spring positioned in the drum about the spindle with its inner end connected with the spindle and its outer end connected with said drum to yieldably hold the drum against rotation in a direction for unwinding of the cord therefrom.

6. A cufi button comprising separate links, one being hollow and having a neck poition, a head at the outer end of the neck receiving one end'of a spring, a drum ro tatahly mounted upon the spindle Within s]ot formed in the outer end portion of the the .heache cord Wound upon :the drum and spindle and outer end engaged with said passed through fiheside openingin the-spin pron-g to yield-ably hold the drum against 7 C119 and through the ne c kond inner end of rotation in -a=-'(;O1 (1 unwinding direction, and

5 the link and connected with the inner end a cia p cal ed-ed by the head and closing the v of the second link, .2, prong extending from outer .enELthereof. V thebottom of said. drum and extending to- In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my ward the outer end thereof, a coiled .sp-ling signatnl e. positioned Within the drum about the spin- 7 10 dlewand having.its inner endengaged in the e 7 JAMES F. CONNOR. 

